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The New Castle News lists staff titles and officers including President and Manager Rentz, Vice President Reader Ray, Treasurer Rentz, Assistant Treasurer J, and Secretary Conway. Subscriptions priced 6.00 yearly daily by mail and 7.60 yearly for daily stand or six months rates. notices solicit public correspondence. Local entry notes Telegraph and Cable Service from International News Service and audit bureau memberships.
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Special Notice to Send Payments to The News Co New Castle
All checks money orders and grafts communications should be addressed to The News Co New Castle and not to any individual.
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Problem of the Killer in Maryland Crimes
A Maryland woman was recently murdered by a man who had just completed an eight year term for killing his sister. The piece argues whether courts can treat his temper as extenuating after a second murder and discusses deterrence, mental illness, and possible prison reforms to curb such killers.
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Humane Society
Practical Society
Fire Prevention Week Campaign Urges Home Safety
Safety Week promotes fire prevention education to save lives and property. The message warns millions are lost yearly to fires from carelessness and urges residents to clear rubbish, inspect furnaces and chimneys, and secure stairways before the dangerous season arrives.
Making a Hero: Publicity and Real Achievement
Commander Rogers returns to San Francisco with companions described as from the dead. The piece argues heroes must earn real deeds before being advertised, noting that public attention hinges on genuine achievement rather than mere curiosity.
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Rogers
San Francisco
The Press Shapes Heroes Through Advertising
The author argues press agents craft public heroes and that media responsibility shapes public perception. Rogers is cited as a good example, but warns that media focus on big crimes for front page impact and that people judge others by how they flaunt wealth.
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Press of America
Rogers
The Closer He Is The Farther His Friends Are
A reflective line suggests closeness increases distance among friends. It hints at how seasons or timing affect relationships and social ties. The mood is introspective, emphasizing emotional distance over time.
Thanksgiving Countdown Urges Weeks Left for Gratitude
A brief notice reminds readers there are only a few weeks remaining to prepare something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, urging timely action and reflection.
Malone Defends Separation of Church and State in Speech
Dudley Field Malone, famed lawyer for John Scopes, speaks publicly on Dayton case roots. He argues the Tennessee Anti Evolution Law violates religious liberty and constitutional separation of church and state, stressing faith must withstand scientific truth and cannot be imposed by legislation.
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Dudley Field Malone
John Scopes
Tennessee
Dayton
United States
God
Safety Sam Says Learns from a rotten limb fall
Safety Sam warns that boys learn from rough falls after climbing on rotten limbs and suffering broken bones. The piece uses folksy phrasing to convey caution about risky climbing and the consequences of limb injuries.
Hints and Hints in a Roving Newspaper Snippet
A collage of aphorisms and chatter notes shows varied topics from peach quality to Henry Ford lawsuits, flirtations deception and marriage plans, jokes about fools and pests, economic musings on roads and money, plus social quips about Modernism and patriotism. The tone is brisk and satirical with loose references to public figures and everyday life.
Opportunities and Work in Life's Lessons
Perspective on child labor and opportunity contrasts with a historical firehouse blaze in New York. Quips on work, relationships, and life pages clash with a seven year old Marian in a hospital, who reveals she was born there, highlighting a mix of anecdotes and reflections.
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Marian
Free speech and a humorous student definition of backbone
A teacher asks a pupil to describe the backbone. The girl's answer defines it as what holds up the head and ribs and keeps one from having legs up to the neck. The remark comments on free speech and its social cost.
Bride Refuses to Fight Frosty Radio Rush
A playful domestic scene shows a bride on the telephone pleading for help as the couple jokes about a frost covered radio and an electric ice box singing a Western song. The moment captures a lighthearted home life vignette.
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Bride
John
Ice Box
Kansas
Quiet Barbers Find Fewer Words From Women Clients
Reflects on changing barber shop chatter as women increasingly cut or bob their hair, leaving barbers with less conversation and feeling out of practice. The piece hints at children and aging as voices mature, while noting shifts in salon dynamics.
Republicans Ready for November Vote in Lawrence County
A local appeal urges voters to support the Republican ticket in November. The speaker claims all candidates nominated are qualified and warns against Dems influencing the outcome, urging party unity from primary to general election.
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Lawrence County
Texas golfers pursue one arm championship after losses
Two Texas golfers who each lost an arm played a 36 hole match to decide the one arm championship of the state in a bid for the title. The article also contains unrelated fashion and finance quips.
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Texas
Weathered Forecast Hopes For Fall Conditions Beset by Series
Public hopes for settled fall weather as the weatherman balances prior rainfall deficits. Reproduction of baseball world series games planned in front of the News building with clear skies and balmy atmosphere seen as essential, as in Pittsburgh and Washington.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Winter toll and shifting trends mix in a bustling year
The piece muses on aging, winter preparations, and rising costs of home heating while touching on cosmetics for men, a Lord buying an island to escape noise, and shifting global trade like licorice from Russia. It notes American control of licorice and hints at looming big business opportunities.
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Russia
East
Dairymen in Erie Sentenced for Milk Doping
Two Erie dairymen were imprisoned for years and fined thousands for adulterating milk. The case warns food fraudsters that illicit profits carry serious penalties.
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Erie
Moonshine Production Outpaces Consumption Risk
Despite crackdowns on rum runners, drinking moonshine remains more dangerous than producing it, highlighting ongoing illegal alcohol activity and public health concerns.
Post Office Flowers Show Gum Wads Left Behind
A quirky observation notes discarded gum wads accumulating on the post office flower beds. The writer wonders about their fate and links the black spots to used chewing gum in a light, humorous tone.
Air Men Debating Best Course Amid Colonels Dispute
Air men clash over preferred plan with strong disagreement on what should be done, and Col. Mit leads the divergent viewpoints as the debate continues.
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Col. Mit
Consistency Limits a Parent’s Belief in Progress
A fable-like remark notes that pushing consistency far may hinder growth as a mother sends a child to school without advising the teacher. The line hints at guidance versus autonomy in early education and parental restraint.
One Year Ago Fall of MacDonald Labour Government
A brief note recalls the fall of Premier Ramsay MacDonald’s Labour government in Britain a year ago. The item also mentions the U S Navy airship Shenandoah reaching Fort Worth Texas and comments that Britain’s wartime pension spending since 1917 could have settled the national debt before the war.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Great Britain
Brisbane's 1925 Insight on American Life
Arthur Brisbane offers a 1925 column on American society and politics. The piece reflects contemporary attitudes and critiques the nation’s direction, highlighting citizen responsibility, leadership, and the state of public affairs.
Desert to dwelling: Mojave alfalfa and westward expansion
ABE MARTIN extols western settlement as a surge of enterprise. He envisions irrigated Mojave fields yielding alfalfa and melons, massive open pit iron ore, and turkeys thriving on desert patches, urging Americans to migrate westward to build a new democratic America.
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Duluth
Public opinion needed to curb four great evils says Dr Crane
Dr Frank Crane argues in The Christian Century that liquor, drugs, venereal disease, and war are the four plagues of mankind. He notes money drives these evils and calls for awakened public opinion to oppose them, despite morality gaps between nations and individuals. Copyright 1925 by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
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Irrigate and Let Nature Do the Rest in the West
Aerial rhetoric urges building beehives for children and keeping clean water for bees to protect irrigation canals. The text extols the American soil as democratic wealth and invites hopeful travelers to move west, dreaming of flying machines, vast skies, and a promised righteousness in a bountiful land.
Today’s Anniversaries Highlight Historic Political Figures
The section recalls key dates and people: 1774 Congress backs Massachusetts if Parliament acts forcefully. 1818 John H Reagan born in Sevierville, died 1905 in Palestine. 1838 John Hay born in Salem. 1869 Franklin Pierce died in Concord, born 1804 in Hillsborough. 1890 President Harrison addresses veterans at Galesburg Illinois.
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Palestine
Texas
John Hay
Salem
Ind
Franklin Pierce
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Concord
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Hillsborough
Benjami Harrison
Galesburg, Il
World And The Mud Puddies Golf Humour From Scotty Chisholm
A humorous golf anecdote relayed by Scotty Chisholm features Judge Fredericks, a dead golf ball, and a locker room prank. The tale traces a prank escalation and the judge's later discovery of a dead birdie, ending with Freddy wearing breeches without pooches as a punchline.
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Bobbie Burns
Scotty” Chisholm
Fredericks
Scotty
Freddy
Artists of Sorrow by Edgar A. Guest
Poem extols sympathy as a gentle skill shared by humble people. It contrasts learned artistic craft with natural compassion that soothes sorrow, noting kind words and comforting presence as healing forces during despair. The piece reflects on empathy as a noble, accessible art.
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Edgar A. Guest
A Sure Dwelling Place Psalm Verse
A short religious verse proclaims trusting the Lord leads to dwelling securely in the land with sustenance. The text cites Psalm language and emphasizes provision for the faithful follower.
Frank Honest Criticism and Quick Reforms Questioned
A collection of statements contrasts blunt criticism with overhyped advertising and hurried reform. It argues that true value, honest storytelling, and education should urge youth to work and seek lasting reform rather than rapid change.
Duncan Retires After Long Army Career on Front Lines
Major General George B. Duncan U S A retires at end of week due to age. He first commanded a sector on the French battlefront late in World War I and was among the first to receive foreign honors. A Lexington Kentucky native, Duncan graduated West Point in 1886 and served in the Spanish American War. He later served in the Philippines and rose to brigadier general in 1917. He earned the Croix de Guerre for valor at Verdun in August 1917 and now commands the 7th Corps Area with headquarters in Omaha.
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